Digestive-tract microbiota exert tremendous influence over host health. Host-symbiont model
systems are studied to investigate how symbioses are initiated and maintained, as well as to …

Surface bacterial flora, as well as homogenates, of medical leeches, Hirudo medicinalis and
Hirudinaria manillensis, were surveyed and the susceptibility of these isolates to 15 …

BACKGROUND: The Asian hornet (Vespa velutina nigrithorax), a wasp species, has
attacked honey bee populations and affected the beekeeping industry in Korea over the past …

At least two organs of Hirudo medicinalis, the medicinal leech, are colonized by bacterial
symbionts, the crop of the digestive tract and the bladders of the excretory system. The …

Most digestive tracts contain a complex consortium of beneficial microorganisms, making it
challenging to tease apart the molecular interactions between symbiont and host. The …

Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract due to changes in the bacterial flora have been
described with increasing incidence in the European brown hare. Despite extensive …

Occurrence and breeding of Hirudo medicinalis were recorded in birds' nests in the fishing
ponds and water bodies used extensively by anglers in south-eastern Poland, in 4 of 11 …

Hitherto, virtually nothing is known about the microbial communities related to the bird
species in the family Corvidae. To fill this gap, the present study was conducted to provide a …

Earthworms and their casts have been widely used for organic waste degradation and plant
growth promotion. The microbial communities that reside in the guts and casts of …

Blood-feeding leeches of the genus Placobdella have acquired intracellular
alphaproteobacterial endosymbionts of the genus Reichenowia that potentially aid in the …